UK-ROI Alcohol Research Network (AcoRN)

许多人都喜欢喝酒，虽然它有助于经济，但它也是造成过早死亡、疾病、失去工作日、暴力、社会问题、关系困难和不平等的一个主要原因。政府可以通过采取行动降低酒精的可负担性（价格政策）和可得性（可得性政策），以及减少酒精的广告和促销力度（营销政策）来减少这些危害。在联合王国的四个国家和爱尔兰共和国，这些酒精政策最近发生了许多变化，这些政策在竞选团体和政治家之间进行了激烈的辩论。有必要进行研究，以了解政策的预期和意外影响，不仅是在卫生方面，而且在社会、经济和文化方面。自2005年以来，苏格兰推出了几项新政策，并建立了广泛的结构来支持探索其影响的研究，因此，一个广泛的酒精政策研究团体走到了一起。爱尔兰政府最近通过了一套世界领先的减少酒精危害的政策，但目前在ROI/NI中研究这些政策的研究人员较少，研究人员之间的接触也很少。苏格兰、威尔士和北爱尔兰也在考虑进一步的政策调整。虽然传统上被视为一个医学问题，但很明显，饮酒及其危害受到文化和政治的影响。因此，该网络建议将来自广泛的社会科学和其他背景的研究人员聚集在一起，并吸引其他人进入该领域，在未来几年开展英国/投资回报率所需的酒精政策研究。我们的活动将集中在四个主题：可用性、市场营销、价格和政治，并将包括：1)网站、博客和推特；2)与研究人员和政策合作伙伴在都柏林举行启动活动；3)四个主题的公开研讨会，每个主题由不同的大学主办，并举行边会，为未来的研究建立团队；4)对4名入选的早期职业研究人员进行考察，与更有经验的同事交流；5)举办讲习班，以建立酒精政策研究能力，并为各小组提供时间制定资金申请；6)英国/投资回报率开放研究研讨会，任何研究人员都可以提交摘要来展示他们的工作，并邀请演讲者和早期职业研究人员免费参加。该网络将由ROI的Joe Barry教授和英国的Niamh Fitzgerald教授领导。NF是酒精政策教授，专门从事利用不同学科的专业知识进行研究，以更好地理解政策干预的预期和意外后果。JB在药物使用方面工作了30年，并担任卫生部长在ROI设立的一个专家组的主席，该专家组还有来自本提案的3名学者。NF和JB有来自英国13个机构的14名共同申请者，来自10多个学科，在四个主题中具有交叉兴趣。投标将受益于NI， ROI和苏格兰政府部门的政策合作伙伴的积极参与；以及英国各地的公共卫生机构。它将与现有的政策小组联系起来，包括联合王国/ROI英国爱尔兰理事会和联合王国/ROI南北酒精政策咨询小组。爱尔兰公共卫生研究所是一个全岛机构，其职责是为投资回报率和国家卫生组织的公共政策提供信息，它是一个积极的合作伙伴，并将为该网络提供行政支持。我们预计，该网络将产生包括英国和投资回报率学者在内的新研究团队，以及专注于四个政策主题或跨四个政策主题的新酒精政策研究。与我们的合作伙伴一起，我们将积极规划该网络在资助期后的未来。

Alcohol is enjoyed by many and while it contributes to the economy, it is also a major cause of early death, illness, lost work days, violence, social problems, relationship difficulties and inequalities. Governments can reduce these harms by taking action to make alcohol less affordable (price policy) and less easily available (availability policy), and by reducing how much it is advertised and promoted (marketing policy). Across the four nations of the United Kingdom (UK), and in Republic of Ireland (ROI), there have been many recent changes in these alcohol policies which have been heavily debated by campaign groups and politicians. There is a need for research to understand the intended and unintended effects of policies, not just on health, but on social, economic and cultural aspects. As Scotland introduced several new policies from 2005 onwards, and put in place extensive structures to support studies to explore their effects, a broad community of alcohol policy researchers has been coming together. The Irish government has recently passed a world-leading set of policies to reduce alcohol harms, but currently there are fewer researchers studying these policies in ROI/NI, and little contact between those who are. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are also considering further policy changes. Whilst traditionally seen as a medical issue, it is clear that alcohol consumption and harms are affected by culture and politics. This network therefore proposes to bring together researchers from a wide range of social science and other backgrounds, and to draw others into the field, to deliver on the alcohol policy research needed in UK/ROI over the coming years. Our ACTIVITIES will focus on four themes: Availability, Marketing, Price & Politics and will include: 1) A website, blog and twitter feed; 2) A launch event with researchers and policy partners in Dublin; 3) Open seminars on each of the four themes, each hosted by a different university, with side meetings to build teams for future research; 4) Study visits for 4 selected early career researchers to spend time with more experienced colleagues; 5) A workshop to build capacity on alcohol policy research and give time for teams to develop funding applications; and 6) A UK/ROI open research symposium to which any researchers can submit abstracts to present their work, with invited speakers and free places for early career researchers. The network will be led by Prof. Joe Barry in ROI and Prof. Niamh Fitzgerald in the UK. NF is Professor of Alcohol Policy and specialises in studies drawing on expertise across different academic disciplines to better understand intended and unintended consequences of policy interventions. JB has worked in substance use for 30 years and chairs an expert group set up by the Minister for Health in ROI on which 3 academics from this proposal also sit. NF and JB are joined by 14 co-applicants from 13 institutions across the UK, from 10+ disciplines and with cross-cutting interests in the four themes.The bid will benefit from the active involvement of policy partners from government departments in NI, ROI and Scotland; and public health agencies across the UK. It will link into existing policy groups, including the UK/ROI British Irish Council, and the NI/ROI North South Alcohol Policy Advisory Group. The Institute of Public Health in Ireland, an all island body with a remit to inform public policy in both ROI and NI is an active partner and will provide administrative support to the network. We expect that the network will give rise to new research teams involving UK & ROI academics, and new alcohol policy studies focused within or across the four policy themes. With our partners, we will actively plan for the future of the network beyond the funded period.